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DAMASCENING, or DAMASKEENING

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 783 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DAMASCENING, or DAMASKEENING

DAMASCENING, or DAMASKEENING , a See also:

TERM

term sometimes applied to the See also:

PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of See also:

DAMASK

damask See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel, but properly the See also:

ART

art of in-crusting See also:

WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire of See also:

gold (and sometimes of See also:

SILVER

silver or See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper) on the See also:

SURFACE

surface of See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, steel or See also:

BRONZE

bronze . The surface upon which the See also:

PATTERN

pattern is to be traced is finely undercut with a See also:

sharp See also:

INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument, and the gold See also:

THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread by hammering is forced into and securely held by the See also:

minute furrows of the cut surface . This See also:

SYSTEM

system of ornamentation is peculiarly See also:

ORIENTAL

Oriental, having been much practised by the See also:

early goldsmiths of See also:

DAMASCUS

Damascus, and it is still eminently characteristic of See also:

Persian See also:

metal See also:

WORK

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This term is also applied to a more modern practise - the application of overlapping circular swirls to metal as a decoration - often seen on auto engines of the classic 1930's era. 'Engine-turning' is the term commonly used, and good examples of this can be seen on the aluminium engines and firewalls of Bugatti and similar automobles.

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